- 26 April 2007 -
Resin enhances tank appearance

CANADIAN COMPANY Triple M Fiberglass has employed Reichhold’s DION IMPACT 9102 in the fabrication of its corrosion-resistant tanks.

DION IMPACT 9102 is an epoxy-based vinyl ester resin, which is said to provide reduced viscosity and improved curing at low accelerator levels while maintaining the mechanical properties and chemical resistance of standard bisphenol epoxy-based vinyl ester resins.

The tanks are produced using a variety of fabrication processes including filament winding, lay-up and hoop chop, which is a combination of filament winding and chopping. The main market for the vessels produced using the resin is the oil sands plants in Alberta, Canada, where the tanks are used in large water treatment facilities.

“This resin provides us with a much nicer looking vessel vs. the dark brown parts you get with older vinyl ester formulations,” explains Glenn Maber, operations manager at Triple M Fiberglass. “The handling of this resin is good too. We can lay up thicker parts with the DION IMPACT 9102. We get much less foaming than with traditional vinyl esters.”

“Our guys in the fitting area like the DION IMPACT resin due to the much thicker laminates it makes possible,” Maber continues. “We can produce a thicker laminate, but with less exotherm than you would expect with a vinyl ester. With less exotherm, there’s less shrinkage in the completed parts.”

Triple M Fiberglass; www.zcl.com
Reichhold; www.reichhold.com

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